GATE Life Sciences Books 2024 | Best Books for Preparation

GATE Life sciences 2022 XL section comprises the following subjects/codes:
XL-P – Chemistry
XL-Q – Biochemistry
XL-R – Botany
XL-S – Microbiology
XL-T – Zoology
XL-U – Food Technology

The weightage of General Aptitude will be 15% and the remaining 85% will be reserved for chemistry & sections (two) selected by the candidates. 

Best books for GATE Life Sciences – Biochemistry are as follows: 
Lehninger’s Principles of Biochemistry by Nelson, D.L. and M.M. Cox
Biochemistry by Stryer L.
Biochemistry by Voet D. and Voet J.G
Harper’s Biochemistry by Murray R.K.
Biochemistry by Satyanarayana
Biochemistry by A.L. Lehninger
Biochemistry by Naik Pankaja
Harpers Illustrated Biochemistry by Rodwell
Textbook Of Medical Biochemistry by Chatterjee
Principles and Techniques of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology by Wilson/Walker
Practical Biochemistry by Damodaran Geetha K
Biochemistry: Concepts and Connections by R. Appling Dean and J. nthony-Cahill Spencer
Biochemistry and Metabolism by Andrew Davison
Biochemistry by Reginald H. Garrett
A History of Molecular Biology by Michel Morange
Gate Biochemistry by Kumar Pushkar
Gate 2018 Life Science Biochemistry by Kumar E P

The major topics for these sections are mentioned below:
Historical Perspective
Methods in Microbiology
Microbial Taxonomy and Diversity
Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
Microbial Growth
Control of Microorganisms
Microbial Metabolism
Microbial Diseases and Host-Pathogen Interaction
Antibiotics
Microbial Genetics
Microbial Ecology

Best books for GATE Life Sciences Botany are as follows: 
A Text Book Of Botany by Singh Pande Jain
A Textbook Of Botany Vol-3 by S.N Pandey
Principles Of Genetics by Gardner
Plant Physiology by Frank B. Salisbury
Plant Pathology by R.S. Mahrotra
Plant Physiology by S.N. Pandey
Economic Botany by Phundan Singh
Hill Economic Botany by O.P. Sharma
Botany by G.K. Puri
Cell and Molecular Biology by De Robertis
Botany by V. Verma
A Textbook of Botany by Gopinath Hait and Kashinath Bhattacharya
Modern Botany by M.P. Kaushik
Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology by James D. Mauseth
Botany by Charles Kovacs
GATE Guide Life Science Botany by G.K Publications

Best books for GATE Life Sciences Microbiology are as follows: 
Microbiology(fifth edition) by Micheal Pelczar, E.C.S Chan, Noel R. Krieg
Prescott’s Microbiology by Joanne M. Willey, Christopher J. Woolverton, Linda M. Sherwood
Smart Study Series Microbiology by Ankit Gupta, Prafulla Songara
Textbook of Microbiology and Immunology by Subhash Chandra Parija
Principles of Microbiology by Geeta Sambali, R. Mehrotra
Introduction to Microbiology by A.S Rao
Microbiology by Subhash Chandra Parija
Foundations In Microbiology by Talaron K, Talaron A, Casita, Pelczar, And Reid
Microbiology by Pelczar MJ, Chan ECS, and Krein NR
Microbiology by LM Prescott, Harley JP, Klein DA
A & P Textbook of Microbiology by R. Ananthanarayan & Arti Kapil
Review Of Microbiology and Immunology by Sastry Apurba Sankar
Textbook of Microbiology by C.P. Baveja
Essentials Of Medical Microbiology by Sastry Apurba Sankar
Microbiology by Tortora/Funke/Case
Microbiology by Prescott
A Textbook of Microbiology by D K Maheshwari and R C Dubey
Textbook of Microbiology by C.P. Baveja
Textbook of Microbiology by Naveen Kango
Textbook of Microbiology by Arora D.R.
A Textbook of Microbiology by Pranabeswar Chakraborty

Best books for GATE Life Sciences – Zoology are as follows: 
Animal Cell Culture Methods by Jennie P Mather, David Barnes
Modern Text Book Of Zoology Vertebrates by R.L.Kotpal
Introductory Zoology by Kotpal & Tyagi
Modern Text Book Of Zoology Invertebrates by R.L. Kotpal
Protozoa by R. L. Kotpal
Chordate Zoology by E.L. Jordan & P.S. Verma
Annelida by R. L. Kotpal
Arthropoda by  R. L. Kotpal
Elementary Zoology by Vernon L. Kellogg
Introduction to Zoology by E. Connolly D.V.M.
Textbook of Zoology by George Edwin Potter
General Zoology by Guthrie Mary Jane and Anderson John M
Text Book of Applied Zoology: Vermiculture, Apiculture, Sericulture, Lac Culture, Agricultural Pests and their Controls by Pradip V Jabde
Applied Zoology by N Arumugam and T Murugan
Applied And Economic Zoology by Dr. G. S. Shukla, Dr. V. B. Upadhyay
Applied Zoology by Dr. Murlidhar Hyalij and Dr. Sanjay Kumbhar
Applied Zoology by Nagendra S Pawar
Zoology A Complete Guide by Dr, Anita Sehgal
Modern Textbook Of Zoology Vertebrates by Kotpal
Zoology by Stephen A Miller and John P Harley
General Zoology by Storer and Usurger
Invertebrate Zoology by N.C Nair
Integrated Principles of Zoology by Cleveland Hickman, Jr., Susan Keen, Allan Larson, and David Eisenhour
Quantitative Zoology by George Gaylord Simpson, Anne Roe, and Richard C. Lewontin
Zombie Zoology by Tim Curran, Ryan C. Thomas, Anthony Giangregorio, and Ted Wenskus 
Animal Physiology by Richard W. Hill
Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach by John Alcock
Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Function, Evolution by Kenneth Kardong
Mammology: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology by George A. Feldhamer

Some good books for GATE Life Sciences – Food Technology are as follows: 
Food Technology by Neil Morris
Food Technology and Nutrition by Sunetra Roday
Textbook of Food Science and Technology by Avantina Sharma
The Technology of Food Preservation by Norman W. Desrosier, James N. Desrosier
Technology of Food Product Development by Samuel A. Matz
Fundamentals of Food Engineering by D.G Rao
Objective Food Science and Technology by D Mudgil
Food Science and Processing Technology Biochemistry Of Food and Nutrition by Neha Publishers and Distributors
Food Science and Technology books by DC Publications
Food Processing and Preservation by Sivasankar
The Technology of Food Preservation by Desrosier
Basic Food Science and Technology by S. M. Reddy
Fundamentals of Food Engineering by Rao D.G
Quantity Food Production Operations and Indian Cuisine by Parvinder S. Bali
Food Quality Safety and Technology by Giuseppina P. P. Lima and Fabio Vianello
Foods Facts and Principles by N. Shakuntala Manay
Food Processing: Principles and Applications by Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy and Michele Marcotte
A Laboratory Manual of Food Analysis by Shalini Sehgal
Agricultural Processing and Food Technology by Suresh Chandra, Goyal&Kumari
Fundamentals of Food Processing Engineering by R.T. Toledo

Some good books for GATE Life Sciences – Chemistry are as follows: 
GATE Chemistry: Previous Years’ Solved Papers (Latest Edition) by Atlantic Research Division
Chapterwise Solved Papers (2020-2000) Chemistry GATE for 2021 by Dr. Sanjay Saxena & Preeti Gupta
2000+ Physical Chemistry MCQs Questions & Answers for CSIR NET, GATE, BARC & SET by Rajiv Abhyankar
UGC CSIR NET/SET IIT GATE CHEMICAL SCIENCES by Subrata Sengupta , and Dipendu Patra
Concept Check in Organic Chemistry By Avinash More
Success Guide to Inorganic Chemistry By Tauheed Nadeem
Success Guide to organic Chemistry By Tauheed Nadeem
Chapterwise Solved Papers Chemistry GATE 2022 By Sanjay Saxena & Preeti Gupta
GATE 2022: Chemistry Year-wise Previous Solved Papers 2000-2019 By GKP
GATE Chemistry Solved Papers By Career Endeavour Publications
Wiley’s Gate Chemistry Chapter Wise Solved papers By Wiley Editorial